St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-29
The New Stockholders Of the
Car Company Closing
Up Their Deal.
Numerous Holiday Events
Worthy of Mention in the
Social World.
Summary Of the Doings of
One Day Gathered From
ALI Sources.
A MURDERER's QUEER ACTS
Nicholas Kill Found Trying to
Hang n HIMSELF

Nicholas XII, the prisoner charged
with murder. who has been il the Jail
now for some months, and who recently
showed some signs OF insanity, was
found il his cell b. officials Of the jail
yesterday uorRing.as early as 5 o'clock,
with 2 nope which had evidently been
manufactured out OF pieces OF blankets
ard clothes. One end OF il was attached
to TIE ceiling OF his cell.
As soon = Judge Kelly convened his
court XII WIS taken up 20 the court
room by BaiiiES GilbaTton and Picha.
He commenced his antics by gathering
G handful Of snow and putting II N his
troH>erS V-ocSetS for keeps When he
entered the court reOm he made for 4
cHSpido-, and all the attorneys present
were seized with = panic and started
toward tie GCCT, while Judge Egan
lid in safe place behind
BaZ Armstrong. The baiii1S succeeded
g. QGieting him. His attorney, Mr..
Thompson. wanted TO put in 4 plea OF
INSANITY. but Judge Egan objected. and
tie case was continued over until Jan.
70. In the afternoon Mr.. Thompson
fled an information with the probate
court. but on the advice OF Judge Cor
man that an order from the district
court was necessary, the prisoner being
under the Jurisdiction OF that court and
not an insane person at large, he with
drew il.
PRISONERS SENTENCED.
4 number Of prisoners were aTTaigned
before Judge Kelly yesterday and SEN
fenced. r VI. Hamlet pleaded not
guilty u the Indictment. but guilty Of
forgery in the third degree. and received
sentence OF one year in
TIE state penitentiary. Charles
BalSer vas sentenced 10 the
XoEkhOuse Tor three months for larceny.
Andrew Godfrey. charged with forging
4. ?. CronqUist'S name 10 a check on
the $. Paul National bank for ST and
passing i on TSohy Bros, was sent up
To- foUr years 4 nOlle prOSequi was
entered by Judge Egan for John
Schmidt. who was Iried some time ago
f0T attempting 10 pass forged piece Of
paper On Mr.. Levy. as the jury diSa-
foE some time. and Judge Egan felt
leuiently disposed toward him. c. ID.
0'BrieE entered demurrer 10 the in
6ictmeut OF gambling against Bannigan
= Shaw, and the court took it under adj
yiSement- The eases against Martin &
Morgan. Bill Johnson, F. Chaddiek,
Henry Thorn, J. 81. Church, ". N. Will
isms, Fred ClaybroOk, Donovan &
Flanagan. A. Carlson and James Cos
grove were all continued until the
January term Judge Kelly adjourned
court until Monday.
c. D. O'BTien Eases his demurrer in
the Banigan & Shaw gambling case
upon the grounds that the penal code of
the state SUperSedeS the common law.
and, therefore. the Omm0n law could
ok he of 4Aala
names Of horses on q blackboard could
Rot be called a gambling device and Is
not covered by the provisions OF the
penal code He further argued that in
selling pools Banigan & Shaw were
simply the shareholders, not the gamb-
ierS.
COURT NOTES.
4 verdict Of SI.9TI.54 was rendered
for Boiand in his breach OF contract
suit agairst the Northwestern Fuel
company, III the United States circuit
court yesterday.
Judge Simons and a jury were hear
Ing testimony yesterday in the case OF
LOUIS knebbley Is. c. J. We'll ct al.
Tie amount involved is 500 on mort
gage
John Rannek ct al. has commenced
suit against Chauncey Cable ct al. TO
quiet title 10 property in section Ii,
township 20. range %
In the real estate case of George C.
Harper against William Ruff. Judge
WiIkin filed a memorandum in favor of
the plaintiff.
The suits OF George ". Knowlton. of
Minneapolis, and Samuel 7. johnson,
OF this city. for $4,000 and 5000 re-
spectiyely. against the Milwaukee road
for injuries received at the Norwood
Junction collision of 1856, are on trial
before Judge Nelson in the United